Ethiopians Black immigrants decry Israeli birth control policies

[Safriz]

Ethiopian women have told RT that Israeli medics forced them to take the controversial Depo-Provera birth control vaccination without explaining the severe side effects of the drug, which can leave a woman unable to become pregnant for up to two years.

The birth control vaccination was reportedly a requirement for the women to immigrate to Israel: “They told me if you don't take the shot, we won't give you a ticket, so I took the shot, but I didn't know that it would prevent pregnancies. I didn’t know,” one woman told RT correspondent Paula Slier.

The gruesome side effects of Depo-Provera are so severe that the drug is not recommended for most patients.

“We are talking about a contraception that has heavy medical and mental effects – period irregularities, vaginal bleeding, osteoporosis, alongside mental side effects like depression, mood swings, rage and more,” said Sharon Eliyahu-Chai of the Association for Civil Rights in Israel.

At least six organizations – such as Tebeka, an Ethiopian legal aid group – now aim to take the matter to court over alleged human rights violations.

Last month, the Israeli Health Ministry’s director general ordered gynecologists to cease administration of the drugs, bowing to public pressure after accusations that they had been forcing the birth control injections on Ethiopian women without their consent.

Israeli officials have denied that the birth control program was part of a plan to reduce the Ethiopian birthrate. The scandal has worn on, with the organizations involved all pinning blame on one another.

For more, watch Paula Slier’s report from Israel.

?No shot, no ticket?: Ethiopians decry Israeli birth control policies ? RT News

 

[Solomon2]

Correction issued by original source of story, Ha'aretz: link

 

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Ethiopian women have told RT that Israeli medics forced them to take the controversial Depo-Provera birth control vaccination without explaining the severe side effects of the drug, which can leave a woman unable to become pregnant for up to two years.

The birth control vaccination was reportedly a requirement for the women to immigrate to Israel: “They told me if you don't take the shot, we won't give you a ticket, so I took the shot, but I didn't know that it would prevent pregnancies. I didn’t know,” one woman told RT correspondent Paula Slier.

The gruesome side effects of Depo-Provera are so severe that the drug is not recommended for most patients.

“We are talking about a contraception that has heavy medical and mental effects – period irregularities, vaginal bleeding, osteoporosis, alongside mental side effects like depression, mood swings, rage and more,” said Sharon Eliyahu-Chai of the Association for Civil Rights in Israel.

At least six organizations – such as Tebeka, an Ethiopian legal aid group – now aim to take the matter to court over alleged human rights violations.

Last month, the Israeli Health Ministry’s director general ordered gynecologists to cease administration of the drugs, bowing to public pressure after accusations that they had been forcing the birth control injections on Ethiopian women without their consent.

Israeli officials have denied that the birth control program was part of a plan to reduce the Ethiopian birthrate. The scandal has worn on, with the organizations involved all pinning blame on one another.

For more, watch Paula Slier’s report from Israel.

?No shot, no ticket?: Ethiopians decry Israeli birth control policies ? RT News

So black women are not allowed to have babies. What a shocking update.

 

[Cloakedvessel]

So, the Israeli's are bringing more immigrants, their long lost brethren, for the purpose of strengthening their country, only to render them infertile because of their black skin color....

Why airlift Ethiopian Jews in the first place then, when they are unwanted?

The practice of making them sterile would defy the purpose of bringing more Jews into Israel in the long run.

Wouldn't it be then just better to leave these black Africans where they are right now, in Ethiopia?

 

[somebozo]

So, the Israeli's are bringing more immigrants, their long lost brethren, for the purpose of strengthening their country, only to render them infertile because of their black skin color....

Why airlift Ethiopian Jews in the first place then, when they are unwanted?

The practice of making them sterile would defy the purpose of bringing more Jews into Israel in the long run.

Wouldn't it be then just better to leave these black Africans where they are right now, in Ethiopia?

These are not airlifted Ethiopians but rather illegal immigrants who cross the border via Egypt and try to have kids in Israel for claiming citizenship because its difficult to deport a pregnant woman due to humanitarian grounds. But agree giving someone shots of birth control without consent is against basic human rights.